Excellence Centre of Advanced Material

Research and Technology

CAMARTSupported by European Commission

Institute of Solid State PhysicsUniversity of Latvia

The mission of the Centre is to promote research and disseminate knowledge of modern

functional materials and high technologieswith special emphasize on application in

microelectronics and photonics.It will be realised by improving the links with other

European centers and researchers, throughnetworking and twinning arrangements.

Advanced Dielectrics for Multifunctional Application Computer Modelling

of Advanced Materials

Semiconductors, Insulator Materials and Thin Film Structures

Solid State Ionics and Devices

Materials for Ophthalmology and Vision Science

(Ophthalmic Materials)

Semiconductors, Insulator Materials and Thin Film Structures

Third Group Nitride Thin Films Radiation Energy Detectors and

Storage Read-Out Materials Materials for Photonics. Scintillators

Defects in Oxide Glasses Photo and E-beam Induced Processes

Alkali Earth Fluorides

Work Packages:

CAMART

is participant of the network

of Centers of Excellence

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS

organized and coordinated by Prof. W.Lojkowski ,

High Pressure Research Center, Warsaw

The network includes 12 full members

and 15 associated members from all over Europe

NETWORK

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS

Since May 2001 the network

organised

5 workshops that permitted integration and formation of thematic groups

Structure of the network

main thematic groups covered research and applied areas :

• Nanopowders synthesis, ceramics sintering, optoelectronics applications;

• Bulk nanocrystalline metals;

• Polimer nanocomposites;

• Advanced magnetic materials

The network permitted for

•Acceleration of research in thematic topics

•Creation of new ideas by cross-disciplinary interactions of various groups, e.g., ceramic and polymer group, polymer and bulk nano-metals group etc

•The new ideas will form the basis forfuture projects.

We will submmit a NETWORK OF EXCELLENCE

Proposal

“Interfacial Effects of Nanostructured Materials”

W.Lojkowski (Poland) and other partners

Topics covered:

- Nanotechnology for structural applications

- Nanotechnology for information processing, storage and transmission

- Nanotechnology for (electro)chemical processing technologies

- Long term research with generic applications

-Instruments and equipment, supporting sciences and technologies

We want also to submmit a Project

OPTICAL NANO-CERAMICS FOR OPTOELECTRONICS AND PHOTONICS

• EoI is submmitted by D.Millers (Latvia) and partners

• Goal is R&D of advanced material- nanostructured optical ceramics

• Applications are foreseen: scintillators, position sensitive X-ray detectors, down-converting phosphors for new light sources, up-converting lasers, storage media.

• Unique optical, mechanical and may be electrical properties of material should be obtained.

Project fit well the following areas

of proposed NETWORK

• Nanotechnology for structural applications

• Nanotechnology for information processing and storage

• Due to the activities within existing NETWORK the

collaboration in R&D of optical nanoceramics is started.

Main partners involved: High Pressure Research Centre (Warsaw, Poland) University of Ulm (Ulm, Germany) Technical University of Wroclaw (Wroclaw, Poland) Faculty of Materials Science,Warsaw University of Technology (Warsaw, Poland) Institute of Solid State Physics of Univ.Latvia (Riga Latvia) Fachhochschule Munster (Munster,Germany) University of Modena (Modena, Italy) Institute of Ferrous and Nonfereous Metals (Bucharest, Romania)

Industrial partners are beeing searched.

Scheme of collaboration

Nanopowderproduction

Choice ofmaterial forreaching goal

Optical ceramicsproduction

Investigations- structure- optical- mechanical

Theory of processes innanocrystalls size effects

NETWORKING of Centers of Excellence and other outstanding research groups gives opportunities.

The art of successful networking has to be learnt by experience.

Now it is time for the next steps within the 6th FRP or in bilateral actions

•Research projects

•Networks

•Search for industry partners

•Synergy from interaction of different fields.